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Sun, 18 Feb 2018 05:05:40 +0000Crowd Control - Geek & Sundry Community Forumsen-CALeveling to 50 Miner Fasthttps://forums.geekandsundry.com/discussion/7301/leveling-to-50-miner-fast
Fri, 09 Oct 2015 19:47:30 +0000Dust7301@/discussionsFirst, make sure to keep your chest, legs, hands and tools up to date. Those are the only slots that will matter for leve quests. Next make sure you have some cordial to make things go a bit faster. I'd recommend just grinding to 10 without using up leve quests, especially if you don't have a lot to use. Lastly, below level 30 the Company-issue Survival Manual II from your Grand Company will make the early levels go quickly. You can still use them at later levels if you have spare GC seals to spend, but they're not as effective due to the increase in experience needed.

The 25% Bonus Evaluation LevesYour bread & butter for leveling are the 25% bonus evaluation leves. If one doesn't show up at the levequest giver, do one of the offered leves and hopefully when you turn that in, an evaluation leve will be up. Make sure you let your gp gouge fill up before starting an evaluation leve and do what you can to get that 25% bonus. The 4 node ones are best because they're quick and generally don't require the use of a cordial.

For both 4 & 8 it's best to go one level higher than the level the leve defaults at when you attempt to start it. If you have Deep Vigor active on the last hit, use it and take the item with the lowest starting percentage.

4 Node: Start with Sharp Vision III on the first node and take all the items that started with the lowest percentage. After that hit up Sharp Vision II on two of the nodes following (wait out the gp for one if needed) and then decide if you need to use a cordial for a sharp vision to get the 25% bonus or if you're likely to get on/over that mark skip the cordial.

8 Node: Use Sharp Vision III on any nodes with a 10% gathering bonus active and take the item with the lowest starting percentage. For the rest of the nodes use Sharp Vision II if you have the gp for it and take the item with the highest starting percentage (don't forget about dark vigor though if you nail all your hits). I use one cordial per 8 node once I'm below 100 gp.

Greetings Fellow CCers! The minion dartboard event has concluded and I've decided to toss the whole numbers game aside for a simple raffle. This round we have a new minion up for grabs AND no entry items (yep, free entry this time!).

Eggplant Knight minion:

How to enter: Sign up for the event posted on the event board (url: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/8445890/event/13245/) (may need to be signed in to the lodestone to use the url). If the event fills up and will not allow you entry I will create another event and post the url. Should you have any issues entering please contact Dust Cobblestone in game or have someone pass word along (with your full in-game name) and I'll ensure your name is included in the drawing.

Rules: Must be a member of the Crowd Control FC (G&S) on the Sargatanas server. One entry per person (no alts!). Please use the minion if you win.

On conclusion of the entry period, all names will be gathered and a random name will be selected to win (1) Eggplant Knight minion.]]>Twitch Streams during the week!https://forums.geekandsundry.com/discussion/7194/twitch-streams-during-the-week
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:29:30 +0000Dr_34k7194@/discussionsAitheCameron (Agren)Charlieboy808NegihamaOrion AcabaShaelanor (dr34k)]]>[concluded] Minion Dart Board Game #01https://forums.geekandsundry.com/discussion/7195/concluded-minion-dart-board-game-01
Sat, 26 Sep 2015 01:25:32 +0000Dust7195@/discussions[This Event has Ended]Ryle Bloodgroove won with the closest number 275.

The winning number was: 268

This in-game event allows each Crowd Control FC member to attempt to guess a preselected number from 1 to 500 in order to win one of the gardening minions. The entry fee for guessing is one of the following:

Rules: One guess per FC member (please no alts). If you win the minion, please use it. To enter please bring one of the entry fee items listed above and your number guess to Dust Cobblestone in game.

The minion for this event is the King Tomato:

Should you choose a number that's already been chosen, I will require you to pick a new number. Upon the winning number being chosen, this event will be closed, this post will be updated and I will update my in-game shortmessage. If no one picks the number after one week, the closest number will win the minion.

This event is being used to not only distribute the minions from our FC garden that take a large amount of time and resources to grow, but to make it easier for our resident garden keepers to keep up with demand for krakka root & minion combinations without having to spend hours/thousands of gil to start up new crops every few days. All entry items will be used in the FC garden to produce crops for the FC.

Good luck everyone!]]>Raidinghttps://forums.geekandsundry.com/discussion/7171/raiding
Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:41:55 +0000Lorglath7171@/discussionsAs we’re growing in members and have more people able to help with this, it seems a good time to start putting some structure together for running content so we don’t miss out on helping people. This isn’t meant to replace pick up groups or just asking for help other days of the week, so definitely keep doing that!Here’s my thoughts on an idea for schedules, feel free to add any input/suggestions/say it sucks in which case it’s Zan’s fault.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cKO0M6pcMjqZ1x9HQ_jnt0aUMOgjNzRIZD3DYfR48q8/edit?usp=sharing]]>I think I have an idea for the FC (#RedditFind)https://forums.geekandsundry.com/discussion/7173/i-think-i-have-an-idea-for-the-fc-redditfind
Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:13:10 +0000charlieboy8087173@/discussionsThis would work out very well if we can find a Lalafell bush. :-D

There are four components to an airship: hull, rigging, forecastle, aftcastle. Each component has three progress steps where we need to contribute crafted mats.

To contribute mats click on the Fabrication Station and choose contribute materials. You'll then see what mats are needed and be able to submit them. You can submit them HQ, and this will give you more experience, but for the purpose of making the airship HQ really is not that useful. You can only submit mats for which you're high enough of a crafter to make.

When we've submitted all the required mats for that step, we will then be able to choose an option from the Fabrication Station to advance progress. To do this you have to be in a party of four crafters. It doesn't matter what level everyone is, so long as they're on a crafter. The third time we do this for each airship component will complete it and you'll be able to remove the component from the Fabrication Station which we'll store in the company chest until we have all 4 parts.

Once we have all four components, we'll use them at the Flight Control Panel to outfit and register an airship. At that point we'll have two zones we can send the airship out on what are essentially ventures. The airship will gain experience, bring back items, and discover new zones. If you want more in depth explanation for the specifics of airships go here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/245872-Airship-Guide

The airship ventures will also bring back items we need in order to get prototypes to upgrade the ship. We upgrade these at the Schematic Board, and then we can go through the whole crafting process again. The amount of upgraded components we can put on the airship goes up as the airship ranks up.

I'll post a response to this with each component we start as far as what we'll need to craft so people can either make them or gather what we'll need to make them. From previous experience, the biggest thing we will need is darksteel ore from mining and coke from GC seal purchases. Almost every step will need these, so we'll need hundreds of each.

]]>[FC 24 Man] Crystal Tower: Labyrinth of the Ancientshttps://forums.geekandsundry.com/discussion/7084/fc-24-man-crystal-tower-labyrinth-of-the-ancients
Sun, 16 Aug 2015 19:53:45 +0000aoalsandwhich7084@/discussionsAll FC members that have 50 and want to participate in the Crystal Coil 24 Man event please head over to the lodestone to sign up: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/12034525/event/11987/

DISCLAIMER: Please sign into Lodestone before you click the link otherwise it will not show up to you as it is a Free Company only event!

You must complete Legacy of Allag and have the duty finder updated to enter Labyrinth of the Ancients.

New sign up sheet up for September 12th, 2015!

Those who have run with us before are welcome to join again. Priority will be given to those who have not done it before.

Come as we fight in the name of our primal: George! Prepare for pictures at the start of each stage of Crystal tower. Our experienced Senseis (Raid Boss/Lords) will guide you throughout each of the raids if you are new or returning players!

]]>Full Stream of The First CC 24 Man Raid [Crystal Tower]https://forums.geekandsundry.com/discussion/7110/full-stream-of-the-first-cc-24-man-raid-crystal-tower
Tue, 25 Aug 2015 02:18:15 +0000charlieboy8087110@/discussionsSo here's the full stream from my Twitch point of view. If you care to watch the whole thing.

]]>Crowd Control Suggestionshttps://forums.geekandsundry.com/discussion/7019/crowd-control-suggestions
Wed, 22 Jul 2015 14:18:08 +0000Aescen7019@/discussionsFirst things first, I love the concept of bringing in an MMO show to the twitch lineup. It was sorely needed as most of twitch traffic falls into the category of MMO, MOBA, or FPS streams. This will absolutely bring in new viewers to the channel and I'm all for it. We do need to cover the other bases of those categories of course but that's another topic entirely.

Now on to my personal suggestions for what I'd like to see on the show. FFXIV is a super great game, it's got a fantastic fan base and the community in game is among the best in genre. Totally a fit for G&S. However it is an MMO, and anyone who has ever played one before knows that these games aren't something you just log into once a week for three hours and call it quits. Here's the thing about MMO streams on Twitch; people watch them for tips, advice, high-level play, or they watch them for the "first impressions let's play" type. The latter is unfortunately a very short lived in popularity. After a while it just grows stale, viewers get bored or have made up their decision on the game. So my first suggestion is to make this show slightly more regular, at least a few days per week. More play time means more experience and more community interaction. It will also give the audience the impression that you're more serious about this game and that you want people to come to G&S to check it out and join our community. It also gives the G&S a real in game community to play together through the Free Company (guild) system. But all of this starts with expanding the schedule. There are other streamers out there that play MMO games for up to 8 hours a day, constantly interacting with their communities, grouping up, doing dungeons, enjoying some PvP together, and they're always online. If G&S is serious about doing an MMO show, more time needs to be put aside for it for it to gain any traction.

So what does everyone else think? I did really enjoy the show and I think Jess and Orion are the perfect hosts for it. If anyone else has anything to add feel free to post up your opinions, or just talk about the show in general.]]>